Health informatics

presents solutions to the changes occurring in the world of healthcare. It also presents solutions to address the problems arising from those changes. It talks about how “implementation of electronic health records and constant change in the health care delivery system have altered the nature of work in Health Information Services (HIS) Departments” (Layman E, 2011). These new systems call for changes needed in current processes of all departments in healthcare organization. Companies have to…

The health information exchanges are very significant in the modern healthcare systems. The health information exchanges (HIE) allow the movement of clinical information in disparate information systems in the different locations. The HIE also ensures that the information that is transmitted is still relevant in meaning. HIE is very critical in ensuring that there is faster access to health information, and quality services are also provided to the patients. It is evident that the HIE holds the…

Healthcare providers and patients should be self-assured that the health technology products and systems they utilize are safe, and can assert data confidentiality, work with neighboring systems to share data and perform a set of distinct tasks. EHR SYSTEM SELECTION AND PROCESS Conversion from paper to electronic health records can be difficult. It concerns some important steps and downfalls. An institution must be ready to embark on an EHR journey by methodically measuring its current…

Introduction: The World Health Organization, 2016 defines “eHealth is the use of information and communication technologies for health”. An electronic health record (eHR) is the electronic collection, management, use, storage and sharing of healthcare information and is envisioned to assist in the delivery of safe, efficient, effective health care (RACGP, 2016). National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) was assigned to lead uptake of Personally Controlled E-Health Record (PCEHR),…

As explained by Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015), three areas of quality evaluation were developed by Donabedian in the late 1980’s. The first these are structure, which relates to the entity providing the care, such as a hospice agency (Grove et al., 2015). Next is the process or pathway used to provide the care, such as the “standard of care” example provided by Grove et al. (2015). The third area is outcomes, which refers to the results of the treatment or care received by the patient (Grove,…

in the healthcare industry is related to patients and company staff that provide service and interact directly with the patients. The usernames of the staff is linked via their interactions with the patients during the period that patients use the health providers’ service. The registration date and time must be logged with a staff registers a patient’s first visit for a case. This logged data is useful for auditing and tracking of patient information in the system, eliminating possible mismatch…

Medical informatics offers a number of tools that have the potential to drastically improve our understanding of hemorrhagic shock and effective use of MTP in the clinical setting. This review was conducted to identify and summarize current informatics solutions that could be employed to address knowledge deficits in this field and improve management of patients. Important themes…

In this paper I will demonstrate how I would use Everett Roger’s five qualities to prepare a group of nurses for the implementation of a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) in their small rural hospital in upstate New York. The purpose of this paper is to show the best techniques to overcome resistance, and what could have been done along the way to prevent this resistance from occurring. I will also discuss how nurses can and will be the driving force in adopting new technology based on their…

become successful, while in use is know the difference between the enablers and the barriers (p.2). As for our enablers, “well-functioning technology, user training, planned change with provider participation, development of protocols, acceptance by health care providers, support for provider collaboration, use of business model, and supporting policy and legislation.Then with our barriers we must take care of “technical problems, lack of technical support, lack of usability, provider concerns…

How Health Care Companies Manage Potential Patients As the Internet and technology transform how patients seek medical help and information, health care companies are changing their marketing techniques. Specifically, health care companies now rely on the principles of patient lead management to oversee potential online patients. What is Patient Lead Management? Patient lead management is a systematic process that manages the sales pipe line for health care companies. Patient lead management…